King James Version (KJV)
1 Samuel 2:17
“Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 2
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
And [if] any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and [then] take [as much] as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, [Nay]; but thou shalt give [it me] now: and if not, I will take [it] by force.
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought [it] to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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